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How good of coaches have we had the last 10 years?
It's easier to stick around for a winner than stick around for a loser. We start winning they won't be leaving.
On the flip side, I wonder if we could get players to stick around, we might start winning? Chicken or egg? Or both?
Take out the Big 12 recruits. Different deal.
You put forward the parameters....
If you can't coach the players once you get them, then the coach lays an egg.
Both. A good staff can keep its players. If they're also a good staff with great coaching, they put their players in positions to win.
Hand in hand
If anyone can get it done, it's Rhule.
IMO its why were seeing such low attrition now. He's shown guys who are putting in the work they get at least a shot or two, and of those, many are making plays.
This leaves the very few very high hopes theyre next man up. No reason to end it at second string, just play the players you have.
Done wisely, you're a better team
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He might have been a little bit of a reach based on his rating. A 5.6 on Rivals and not ranked nationally or in the State of Texas. Staff took a flyer based on speed. I suspect the coaches backed off given their numbers.
Ever notice that our recruits are all-world when they commit, and we can't even remember their name when they decommit?
Seriously though, I think DONU needs to give up recruiting the southern states. Those players aren't going to stick around when mom and dad have to travel 10-12 hours to their nearest home game. That ship sailed a good while back.
You can't be...serious.
I can't say about W. Texas but to me DFW is basically Nebraska with better weather, bigger hats, spicier food, and a whole lot more high schoolers to choose from.
If we can successfully recruit and retain Texas kids I am all in. I don’t think we can, however.
So you're saying that we should just back off anyone that doesn't live in the west central region (NE, ia, ks, mo, co, sd, mn)?Ever notice that our recruits are all-world when they commit, and we can't even remember their name when they decommit?
Seriously though, I think DONU needs to give up recruiting the southern states. Those players aren't going to stick around when mom and dad have to travel 10-12 hours to their nearest home game. That ship sailed a good while back.
Yep, someone wi$pered in his ear and he listened.
That is correct.
There's a statistic out there somewhere and I need to find it, but retention of players from outside of a certain radius is greatly reduced, and that applies to any school.
Different situation, but Mike Gundy has a "6 hours" rule I believe at OSU. He's found they don't successfully retain players outside of that. Of course, that gets him DFW, KS, KC, OKC, Tulsa, the Texas panhandle, and in the case of Zane Flores, the eastern part of Nebraska. Most of OSU's players are from Texas and Oklahoma.
If I am Nebraska, I first want to reclaim my state and get all of the Nebraska kids I want. I want to be a player in the KC and St. Louis metros, get my share from Kansas, and get an occasional kid from Oklahoma. Denver *might* be viable. Texas? Sounds good, but no way. We don't play in Texas, nor in any state bordering Texas, anymore.
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